OSA's Digital Library

Optics Letters

Optics Letters

| RAPID, SHORT PUBLICATIONS ON THE LATEST IN OPTICAL DISCOVERIES

  • Editor: Alan E. Willner
  • Vol. 37, Iss. 15 — Aug. 1, 2012
  • pp: 3129–3131

Optics InfoBase > Optics Letters > Volume 37 > Issue 15 > Page 3129

Rayleigh scattering-assisted narrow linewidth Brillouin lasing in cascaded fiber

Meng Pang, Shangran Xie, Xiaoyi Bao, Da-Peng Zhou, Yuangang Lu, and Liang Chen  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 15, pp. 3129-3131 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.003129


View Full Text Article

Enhanced HTML    Acrobat PDF (444 KB)


Advanced Search

Browse Journals / Lookup Meetings

Browse by Journal and Year


   


Lookup Conference Papers

Close Browse Journals / Lookup Meetings

Article Tools

Share
Citations

Abstract

We report a single frequency lasing phenomenon with a narrow linewidth of ∼3  kHz in cascaded fiber that is composed of three types of low-loss communication fibers. The Rayleigh scattering of the Brillouin Stokes light created in the middle fiber section along both directions is enhanced by the other two fiber sections. When the Brillouin gain of the middle fiber exceeds the effective loss of the Brillouin stokes light in a roundtrip, a narrow linewidth lasing is observed on the top of the Brillouin spectrum line of the middle fiber. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first report on Rayleigh scattering-assisted Brillouin lasing with single frequency and narrow linewidth in cascaded low-loss communication fibers.

© 2012 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(190.5890) Nonlinear optics : Scattering, stimulated
(060.3510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Lasers, fiber

ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: April 27, 2012
Revised Manuscript: June 14, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: June 17, 2012
Published: July 20, 2012

Citation
Meng Pang, Shangran Xie, Xiaoyi Bao, Da-Peng Zhou, Yuangang Lu, and Liang Chen, "Rayleigh scattering-assisted narrow linewidth Brillouin lasing in cascaded fiber," Opt. Lett. 37, 3129-3131 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-15-3129

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Citation lists with outbound citation links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article level metrics are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

« Previous Article  |  Next Article »

OSA is a member of CrossRef.

CrossCheck Deposited